Posco

Postech Foundation

Postech Academy-industry Foundation

Enrico Martinoia

YoungSook Lee

Joohyun Lee

Young Im Choi

InWhan Hwang

Eun Woon Noh

Eun Hwa Jeong

Won Yong Song

Inhwan Hwang

Do Young Kim

Dongwoo Kim

Young-Yell Yang

Hyunjoo Bae

Esther Vogt

Donghwan Shim

Young Yeul Yang

Kwan Sam Choi

The invention relates to a transgenic plant or yeast comprising a DNA molecule encoding fungal ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter protein, which confers resistance to, and/or accumulation of heavy metals and herbicides. The invention also relates to methods of producing transgenic plants expressing fungal YHL035C protein, which can be used for removing heavy metals and herbicides from polluted soil or water.

Transgenic organism expressing fungal MRP-like ABC transporters

The present invention relates to novel Pcr family genes that confer tolerance to heavy metals to plants and microorganisms. More particularly, the present invention relates to novel Pcr family genes that confer tolerance to cadmium. The invention also relates to plant and microorganisms transformed with any of the Pcr genes thereby having improved resistance to and increased level of toxic materials, and methods of removing heavy metals from contaminated soil and water contaminated by growing the Pcr-transformed plants on the contaminated soils and water.

PCR family genes which confer tolerance to heavy metals

The present invention relates to a method of producing transformants with enhanced resistance and decreased uptake of heavy metals, and a plant transformed with a P type ATPase ZntA gene that pumps out heavy metals from the cells. The transformants show better growth than wild type in environment contaminated with heavy metals and have lower heavy metal contents than wild type plants. Therefore, this method of transforming plants with ZntA or biologically active ZntA&#x2014;like heavy metal pumping ATPases can be useful for developing plants for phytoremediation and also for a safe crop that has resistance to heavy metals and low heavy metal contents.

Methods for producing transgenic plants with enhanced resistance and decreased uptake of heavy metals

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Zurich, Switzerland

Enrico Martinoia